Defiled
[dɪ'faɪld]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Defile
Typist: Nelly
Examples
- Miss Bart caught the startled glance of Mr. Percy Gryce, whose own lips were never defiled by tobacco. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He was a deacon in the church which had been defiled by the occupation of Union troops, and by a Union chaplain filling the pulpit. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And into the straits of Royd Lane they accordingly defiled. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Nelly